RE: LeoThread 2025-12-10 02-12

[nassimk]

That commentator clearly misread the paper: "At baseline, the mean age of participants was 61.6 years (SD 7.9)"

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[nassimk]

Many people comment without understanding the distinction — increased survival among older adults is not the same as improved athletic performance

[nassimk]

The paper does not compare zone 1–2 vs 3–5 or easy vs intense exercise
It labels "vigorous" as roughly jogging at a 15‑minute mile pace
That pace can be walked by many people

[nassimk]

The finding is simply that any form of purposeful exercise, light or hard, yields more health benefit than a very slow walk

[nassimk]

The study does not test whether a slow jog is better or worse than hard intervals, despite quick leaps to that conclusion
Definitions matter: "vigorous" in this study is fairly mild

[nassimk]

It's a reasonable study, but it does not support the strong claims being attached to it online